New Age Artists

Chapter 354: Wu Kebo lies down, Lust, Caution premiere (13)

The media was delighted when Chengtian acquired Jiahe.

Hong Kong media and some mainland media began to analyze the incident in a serious manner.

Chengtian Entertainment intends to purchase all the shares and convertible bonds of Jiahe Group held by Mr. Zou and his daughter for more than HK$200 million.

If completed, Chengtian will become the largest shareholder of Jiahe, and Chengtian Chairman Wu Kebo will serve as the chairman of Jiahe.

The comprehensive acquisition plan has been launched.

If the series of transactions can be completed smoothly, it means that Chengtian Entertainment has successfully acquired Jiahe and become Chengtian Jiahe Entertainment Group Co., Ltd.

By then, Golden Harvest will become one of the most influential Chinese-language film and entertainment groups in the world.

Chengtian Entertainment was founded in mid-05, and it has only been two years since then. Its rapid rise is not only unprecedented in the entertainment industry, but also in other industries dominated by capital.

Authoritative financial media commented on this phenomenon as the "Chengtian Raid" and praised its trader Wu Kebo as the "Capital Quick Hand".

The financial media were reserved, while the entertainment media opened the champagne in advance.

Many people said that Chengtian's acquisition of Jiahe means that they can obtain all the accumulation of this old legendary film company, which is of great significance.

Rumor has it that the deal was guaranteed by a big shot.

Zou Wenhuai was also satisfied with this and asked his daughter Zou Chongyan, who was in charge of Jiahe's daily affairs, to start substantive negotiations.

10 month 20 day.

There has been a change.

Shen Santong showed up unexpectedly.

To be precise, it was Shen Santong who came first to acquire Jiahe, and Wu Kebo was the latecomer.

Shen Santong raised his sign and shouted out a price of HK$250 million, which was more than HK$40 million higher than Chengtian’s.

The contact between Zou Chongyan and Wu Kebo suddenly became slow.

Personal feelings are personal feelings, and business is business.

I really want to sell it to Chengtian, we share the same ideals, and there is also a big boss to help us.

However, additional money is required.

Clear sky.

After some training, Wu Kebo has acquired the basic ability to take care of himself.

The secretary said, "Mr. Wu, Hong Kong Island hopes you can raise your offer to 250 million."

Wu Kebo had a good attitude and was not angry when the acquisition encountered setbacks: "Which one is it, Zou or Li?"

The secretary said, "We have both. Mr. Li proposed a flat price of 250 million. It's better to do it as soon as possible. It will also be good for you. It will coincide with the release of Red Cliff."

"Mr. Zou also meant a fixed price. No matter what, he will retire after getting 250 million."

The secretary didn't dare to mention Shen Santong's name, which was almost a taboo in Chengtian.

“You know who”, but you can’t say the name.

Wu Kebo asked his secretary to put down the documents and leave, while he closed his eyes and thought for a while.

Jiahe is just an investment for other shareholders, but it is different for Zou Wenhuai.

Jiahe is his career and hard work.

When acquiring a company, the shares before taking control often have to be at a premium.

As more shares are bought, a single major shareholder will hold more than half of the shares, and the remaining shares will have no decision-making power, so the price will plummet at a discount.

Buying Zou Wenhuai’s shares, and the first large amount of shares, will inevitably require a premium.

Wu Kebo could spend more money, but 250 million is too much.

Two hundred and fifty million was used to buy less than 25 points of shares, which gave Jiahe a valuation of one billion.

Jiahe no longer makes movies, but only distributes them, with its main value lying in cinemas in Southeast Asia.

Based on Jiahe’s current operating conditions, its market value is more than 100 million, less than 200 million, a five-fold premium.

Far beyond Wu Kebo's bottom line.

Not only would it cost 250 million to buy Zou Wenhuai's shares, but the shares of another Li family member would probably be at least 200 million as well, a premium of four or five times.

The book is the thread that connects everything, and everyone has the same stance.

But friendship is friendship, and Wu Kebo doesn't believe that Li Jiacheng will generously sell his shares.

In this case, the acquisition of half of Jiahe’s shares would cost nearly 500 million yuan, and a full acquisition would cost 700 to 800 million yuan.

Even if the shareholders' money could fill part of the gap, he would have to find a way to raise 400 to 500 million yuan. Wu Kebo muttered to himself: "Shen San Tong!"

Even if the secretary didn't mention it, he knew that it was Shen Santong who was raising the price.

These local bullies are so rude!

Wang Jinghua's agency department did not see any return of money.

It's a black box, he can't see the account books, and all he knows is that it's still losing money.

Ask him for money instead.

He is extremely greedy, cruel and ruthless.

They don't know when to stop, have no courtesy, and have no sense of hierarchy.

He stretched out his hand tremblingly and sent an email to the company's board representative, AVEX Group and two other American and British consortiums.

Not to mention the 500 million for the total acquisition, he couldn't even come up with the current 250 million.

Wang Jing didn't make any money back from his investment, as Wu Yusen's "Red Cliff" sucked too much of his funds.

Wu Kebo subconsciously touched his heart, clicked send on the email, and handed over the decision-making power to the person behind him.

If you want to buy it, just keep giving him money.

If he thinks it is expensive and wants to save money by going public through a backdoor listing, he can choose to acquire other companies.

AVEX Group and two US and UK financial groups invested an additional 200 million RMB from the initial 400 million RMB.
He moved more than 100 million yuan by stealing the warehouse.

Wu Kebo has come to terms with it. At worst he can just retire. There is no need to risk his life.

The evening of July 10.

Shanghai Film City.

The first and only premiere of "Lust, Caution" in mainland China has begun.

Before its simultaneous release across the country, Li An's new film is finally about to unveil its veils and meet mainland audiences.

Li Min and leading actors Tang Wei and Wang Lihong appeared to support the film.

Li An opened the show humorously: "There are many fans of Wang Lihong at the scene."

He added: "I am very excited to bring Lust, Caution to Shanghai for its national premiere today."

"In addition to being a Chinese film, the main scenes are all in Shanghai, especially the Shanghai Film Studio."

"This movie is a subject that I have loved and feared since I first read Zhang Ai-ling's novel Lust, Caution. I resisted it for many years, but finally I couldn't resist it anymore."

"I couldn't believe that such a movie could be made in China. I felt that this was a huge project, and today it was finally completed."

"Besides my own struggles and hard work, I want to thank all the staff for their dedication to this film. I'm glad that so many staff are here to share this film with me."

At last.

Li Am also expressed his gratitude to the SH City Government and apologized to the citizens of SH because "he often obstructed traffic and caused anxiety to the citizens" during the filming.

Since the global premiere of "Lust, Caution", Tang Wei has been the most talked about heroine.

It only took her one movie, Lust, Caution, to go from being an unknown to becoming one of the actresses with a pay of $150 million.

At the only premiere in mainland China, Tang Wei wore a silver-gray strapless evening gown with a long train and a shiny thin hairpin.

Before speaking to the audience, Tang Wei bowed deeply to the audience.

Then he shyly turned his head away, and after a few seconds of tidying himself up, he spoke: "I am very excited now. I finally return to my own place."

"I'm from Hangzhou, it's very close to me, and the air here is familiar to me."

"And here, in this play, I experienced the biggest turning point in my life. Every day in Shanghai is unforgettable. As soon as I arrived here this morning, I hurried out to take a look."

"I love Shanghai very much. I hope everyone likes our movie and my character, Wang Jiazhi."

The two segments of the main creators of "Lust, Caution", their red carpet appearance and interaction with the audience in the theater, took only about 15 minutes in total.

When director Li Min and Wang Lihong walked out of the theater one after another, Tang Wei was still looking back at the audience seats reluctantly.

Each step is slower than the beginning.

It makes one feel as if she wants to walk this journey for half a century.

Tang Wei had a gentle smile on her face from the moment she got off the car until she finally met the audience in the theater.

Moreover, his gait was slow and gentle, completely different from Wang Lihong's liveliness and excitement, and he walked with a dignified and classical temperament.

All the information about Lust, Caution comes from reports without any processing or distortion.

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